Levon Hill
@levonhill.bsky.social
Health policy expert trying to make the US healthcare system(s) ever so slightly less infuriating. Also posting about baseball, because baseball is the best.
There is a ton of great, rigorous research showing that this doesn’t work. People do not shop for health insurance like a normal good. In fact greater price transparency may lead some providers to realize they are undercharging and raise their prices.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
There is a ton of great, rigorous research showing that this doesn’t work. People do not shop for health insurance like a normal good. In fact greater price transparency may lead some providers to realize they are undercharging and raise their prices.
I haven’t lost a kid but I’ve lost friends, and I’ve witnessed my fair share of deaths from drugs first hand as a medic - murdering people is still wrong.
Even if these boats are smuggling drugs (big if!) the penalty for that is not summary execution.
Even if these boats are smuggling drugs (big if!) the penalty for that is not summary execution.
Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I haven’t lost a kid but I’ve lost friends, and I’ve witnessed my fair share of deaths from drugs first hand as a medic - murdering people is still wrong.
Even if these boats are smuggling drugs (big if!) the penalty for that is not summary execution.
Even if these boats are smuggling drugs (big if!) the penalty for that is not summary execution.
What do you mean there are no medicals?
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What do you mean there are no medicals?
There are few people on the national political landscape that I give the benefit of the doubt to but KBJ is definitely one of them. She’s leagues smarter than I am and at the top of a complicated field. If she’s doing something weird I’m going to assume there is a good reason until shown otherwise.
...compared to the alternative, it sure looks like Justice Jackson's intervention on Friday accomplished as much as it possibly could have given the limitations she faced. Lots of folks were surprised she didn't just force the majority's hand Friday night; I think her moves make even more sense now.
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
There are few people on the national political landscape that I give the benefit of the doubt to but KBJ is definitely one of them. She’s leagues smarter than I am and at the top of a complicated field. If she’s doing something weird I’m going to assume there is a good reason until shown otherwise.
So it seems unlikely the premium tax credits will get extended in any form but the Senate is apparently currently debating changes to the tax credits as a compromise to get some support to people. This isn’t as easy as they’re making it sound.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
So it seems unlikely the premium tax credits will get extended in any form but the Senate is apparently currently debating changes to the tax credits as a compromise to get some support to people. This isn’t as easy as they’re making it sound.
These hurdles are only resolvable in a legislative sense. The reality is states do not have the time to implement changes to the structure of the tax credits.
There are many hurdles to a deal on extending the enhanced ACA funds. Some are resolvable, like adjusting the income caps and eligibility rules; Democrats are open to negotiating that. But abortion is much more problematic. SBA is pushing Rs to make it a red line. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
These hurdles are only resolvable in a legislative sense. The reality is states do not have the time to implement changes to the structure of the tax credits.
It is not good that Trump is taking an interest in healthcare policy. He doesn’t have anywhere near the capacity to tackle any level of healthcare reform and the only policies that exist on the right involve Medicare privatization and waivers.
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It is not good that Trump is taking an interest in healthcare policy. He doesn’t have anywhere near the capacity to tackle any level of healthcare reform and the only policies that exist on the right involve Medicare privatization and waivers.
This is obviously a case of “don’t read too much into the ramblings of a crazy person” but in this scenario who are the people purchasing their own, much better, healthcare from?
“In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is obviously a case of “don’t read too much into the ramblings of a crazy person” but in this scenario who are the people purchasing their own, much better, healthcare from?
There are a lot of problems here but $4500 per year ($350 a month, $86 a week, $12 a day) is not a lot for groceries.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There are a lot of problems here but $4500 per year ($350 a month, $86 a week, $12 a day) is not a lot for groceries.
Great book! Absolutely would not recommend reading it with Trump in the White House.
hmm really not a good time psychologically to be reading “nuclear war: a scenario”
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Great book! Absolutely would not recommend reading it with Trump in the White House.
Don’t get this stuff. I was raised to despise the confederacy and everything they stood for as traitorous racists. Can’t imagine celebrating anything at a plantation.
If it would be tone deaf and inappropriate to get married at Auschwitz or a 9/11 memorial, why is it acceptable to get married at a plantation? And more so, WHY would you want to?
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Don’t get this stuff. I was raised to despise the confederacy and everything they stood for as traitorous racists. Can’t imagine celebrating anything at a plantation.
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam,Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.
I forgot how to sleep.
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I forgot how to sleep.
Freddy. Of course Freddy.
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Freddy. Of course Freddy.
Yeah Roberts needs to rethink that maneuver.
winning vs. losing this game is like a 40 percent ring odds swing, you simply cannot use a position player ever, I’m sorry
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Yeah Roberts needs to rethink that maneuver.
I’m really getting sick of the camera cutting to Varsho.
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I’m really getting sick of the camera cutting to Varsho.
Reposted by Levon Hill
Starting to think a Greek mythology punishment might be in play here. The game is doomed to continue until the Blue Jays are brave enough to pitch to Ohtani.
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Starting to think a Greek mythology punishment might be in play here. The game is doomed to continue until the Blue Jays are brave enough to pitch to Ohtani.
I’m saved by the fact that I’m pretty sure my boss is also frying his brain watching this game.
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I’m saved by the fact that I’m pretty sure my boss is also frying his brain watching this game.
The sentence “The Blue Jays haven’t had a player in scoring position since the 11th” is hilarious.
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The sentence “The Blue Jays haven’t had a player in scoring position since the 11th” is hilarious.
There’s something pleasant about the entirety of the baseball internet loosing its mind together here. Anyway… on to the 15th
October 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
There’s something pleasant about the entirety of the baseball internet loosing its mind together here. Anyway… on to the 15th
Dodgers need to win this game handily in order for that ump nonsense not to be an in credibly annoying part of the *discourse*
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Dodgers need to win this game handily in order for that ump nonsense not to be an in credibly annoying part of the *discourse*
So the president of the United States is admitting that he struggled to complete a cognitive test.
Also I’m not an expert her but is it normal to give someone more than one cognitive exam at a visit? He said testS… plural.
Also I’m not an expert her but is it normal to give someone more than one cognitive exam at a visit? He said testS… plural.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
So the president of the United States is admitting that he struggled to complete a cognitive test.
Also I’m not an expert her but is it normal to give someone more than one cognitive exam at a visit? He said testS… plural.
Also I’m not an expert her but is it normal to give someone more than one cognitive exam at a visit? He said testS… plural.
I can’t believe it - I mean mostly because it’s not true but nevertheless.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I can’t believe it - I mean mostly because it’s not true but nevertheless.
There go my people, I must follow them for I am their leader.
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
There go my people, I must follow them for I am their leader.
The Reagan Library is claiming that the ad misrepresents Reagan’s comments and that people should watch the full address. So I watched the full address… the ad doesn’t misrepresent anything.
I am shocked that there is lying going on in politics in 2025.
I am shocked that there is lying going on in politics in 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Reagan Library is claiming that the ad misrepresents Reagan’s comments and that people should watch the full address. So I watched the full address… the ad doesn’t misrepresent anything.
I am shocked that there is lying going on in politics in 2025.
I am shocked that there is lying going on in politics in 2025.